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Show HN: Barfi – Python flow based programming with GUI

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35 pointskrishadi12 comments

What? Another flow based programming library for Python?

Yes.

All the FBP libraries out there for Python need to be run as a self contained application. They are not components that could be integrated into your existing data workflows. Barfi, on the other hand can be integrated. At the moment it has a Streamlit component that you can use in your Streamlit apps.

Currently, I am working on a Jupyter notebook widget.

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Side note: Its (most probably) pronounced burr-feee, a South Asian sweet dish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barfi

Not, you know, the other way...

Having recently been exposed to Unreal Engine’s Blueprint system of visual programming I am bullish on their re-emergence.

Would love to give this a go

Would love to hear what you think about it, and what can be done to improve it :)

Looking pretty good for real! Also doesn't seem to have a ton of dependencies, so maintenance should be easier.

I think Barfi can be a good aid to kids & beginners, and you should probably position it that way. The UI reminds me distinctly of Labview - with the virtual I/O pins having little 'bubble-heads' and action definition within the block.

The idea definitely was to make the complex programs we write in Python more accessible to a larger audience who typically don't program or know Python. So, they can play with it.

Something I am trying to explore is a visual tool to build ML models.

I think Sony DL studio is something along those lines. Just drag & drop blocks to create models.

Detour - The README says that the frontend of Barfi (Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barfi ) is made using BaklavaJS. This is so adorable!

OP here. :D

What Barfi and Baklava as sweets have in common is that they are made to be served as small Blocks.

Reminds me of node red. For prototyping I definitely enjoy cobbling together something using jupyter notebooks and wouldn’t mind playing around with barfi.

If you want some specific blocks made for you, just raise an issue and I'll get to it :)

I would like to be able to trunk connections.

Could you be more specific as to what you want to implement?

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